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W. A. THOMAS. 
these cases and all except my first case have been successful. I 
do not employ the double suture as described by Prof. Cadiot, 
but merely the old-fashioned quill suture, deeply in¬ 
serted. 
PARTURIENT APOPLEXY. 
By Dr. W. A. Thomas, op Nebraska. 
A paper read before the Nebraska State Veterinary Association, February, 1900. 
This disease or lesion affecting our domestic animals occurs 
principally in the cow. It has baffled the skill of veterinarians 
ever since good cows were known, and not infrequently has the 
owner of one of these most useful animals had his highest hopes 
suddenly turned to disappointment and grief. He looked with 
pride on a noble cow, a fine calf, and thought of the possibilities 
of an abundance of rich milk. He goes out again to look at 
his prize, and what has happened ? She is prostrated and already 
half unconscious ; pays no attention to his approach nor to the 
calf that plays about the yard. There is no time to lose, the 
doctor is called and everything possible is done to save the 
animal, but she gradually sinks and dies and the owner won¬ 
ders if that doctor “ knew anything.” That is just where we 
are standing to day, wondering if the doctors know anything 
about parturient apoplexy. 
Veterinary literature since the commencement of the cen¬ 
tury teems with descriptions and discussions relative to the dis¬ 
ease and the most eminent veterinary pathologists still appear 
to be far from unanimous as to its nature. This statement 
made by Fleming a quarter of a century ago still holds good. 
In this vaunted day of science new theories are advanced 
and new treatments invented to relieve the concomitant condi¬ 
tions of this as yet disputed lesion. 
Dr. Schmidt, of Denmark, inaugurated the idea that the 
trouble originated in the udder and his treatment is to inject a 
solution of iodide of potassium into the udder through the 
teats. His paper giving theory, details, treatment, etc., was 
